Scotland Assisted Suicide Legalization Bill Narrowed, Still Targets Disabled
Edinburgh, Scotland (LifeNews.com) -- Scotland MSP Margo MacDonald has narrowed her bill that would legalize assisted suicide, but the measure still targets the disabled. MacDonald is hoping to get a private member's bill introduced at Holyrood this year, and she has narrowed the scope of the bill to attract more support.
The Scottish Parliament, the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, has not been receptive to the legislation thus far.
MacDonald originally had only four members of the parliament behind her effort.
To get more MSPs on her side, she modified her bill to only allow assisted suicides for three specific categories of people. That includes those with a progressive, degenerative conditions; people who have suffered a trauma such as accidents or injuries and that left them dependent on others for care; and people with terminal illness. . .
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Dr Death to launch lethal drug kit
Quoting Deliverance, the newsletter of Dr Nitschke's organisation, Exit International, The Observer said the kits, which have chemicals that change colour when mixed with lethal barbiturates, would be released in May. . .
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Wesley J. Smith: Resurrecting the "Useless Eater" Approach to Health Care
So, now that we know that many people thought to be unconscious--are actually awake and aware--some might think that would cause bioethicists to step back from the dehydration agenda. As I have long predicted, not on a bet! An article published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy by Oxford bioethicists Guy Kahane and the always crassly utilitarian Julian Saveulescu, makes it clear that demonstrable awareness should be no bar to ending the lives of these disabled patients. . .
"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."